>
> Utz,
>
> Thanks for the information; do you know if this patch needs to be applied
> for NFS v3 to work from IRIX to Linux? It looks really easy to apply
For the most part NFS V3 will still work using a pre 6.5.13 IRIX client
and 2.4 linux server. The problem is that sometimes when doing a pwd on a
NFS mounted directory you won't see the entire path name.
Tad
> manually if it doesn't apply automatically . . . I've been wrong before
> though. :-) Thanks again!
>
> -Sean
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Utz Lehmann" <ulehmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Steve Lord" <lord@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Sean Elble" <s_elble@xxxxxxxxx>; <linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 10:31 AM
> Subject: Re: IRIX 6.5.6m/XFS CVS: Any problems?
>
>
> > Hi
> >
> > Steve Lord [lord@xxxxxxx] wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I have a Silicon Graphics Indigo2 here with IRIX
> > > > 6.5.6m installed (love it, BTW), and a Linux server
> > > > that is about to have the latest CVS version of the
> > > > XFS kernel installed, along with the kernel-level NFS
> > > > server.
> > > >
> > > > Are there any known problems, or catches, using NFS on
> > > > IRIX with a Linux 2.4.10 server? I would like to use
> > > > NFS3, if possible, but I would appreciate any comments
> > > > any users may have. Thanks, in advance!
> > > >
> > >
> > > You may want to upgrade to the latest Irix release, there were some
> > > problems with NFS V3 between Linux and Irix. The Irix implementation
> > > expected the NFS file handles to be of a specific size, and Linux used
> > > a different size. I think this is fixed in 6.5.13. This only affected
> > > V3 NFS I think.
> > >
> > > Steve
> >
> > I had grabed a small patch for the linux nfs server on lkml. It's set the
> > file handle size on the linux nfs server to a value (older) IRIX Versions
> > (and HP-UX 10.20) can understand. I have used this patch till 2.4.9. Maybe
> > it works with 2.4.10 too.
> > It works for me, but use it at your own risk.
> >
> > Or use NFS v2.
> >
> >
> > utz
> >
>
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